Artisan Partners Asset Management is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is an investment management firm. Co.'s autonomous investment teams manage a range of U.S., non-U.S. and global investment strategies that are varied by asset class, market cap and investment style. Co. provides its investment management capabilities primarily to institutions and through intermediaries that operate with institutional-like decision-making processes by means of separate accounts and pooled vehicles. Co. also serves as investment manager of Artisan Partners Global Funds plc, which provides non-U.S. investors with access to a number of its investment strategies in a pooled vehicle structure.